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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-41691 EUVD-2026-28438GHSA-q89c-q3h5-w34g

i18next-http-backend has Path Traversal & URL Injection via Unsanitised lng/ns

Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Copilot said: i18nextify is a JavaScript library that adds
i18nextify is a JavaScript library that adds website internationalization via a script tag, without source code changes. Versions prior to 3.0.5 interpolate the lng and ns values directly into the configured loadPath / addPath URL template without any encoding, validation, or path sanitisation. When an application exposes the language-code selection to user-controlled input (the default — i18next-browser-languagedetector reads ?lng= query params, cookies, localStorage, and request headers), an attacker can inject characters that change the structure of the outgoing request URL. This is a single URL-injection vulnerability. The attacker-controlled value is neutralised before it is used as part of an output URL string; the attack shape covers both path traversal and broader URL-structure injection — both are closed by the one interpolateUrl sanitisation fix. This issue has been fixed in version 3.0.5. If users cannot upgrade immediately, they can work around the issue by sanitising lng / ns before they reach i18next (strip .., /, \, ?, #, %, whitespace, and control characters; cap the length).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
i18next i18next-http-backend < 3.0.5 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-i18next-http-backend No fix yet —
Debian 13 node-i18next-http-backend No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-i18next-http-backend No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm i18next-http-backend < 3.0.5 3.0.5 GHSA-q89c-q3h5-w34g

References